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“You knew?”
“You’ve been… different this week.”
“You noticed?”
“Baby, daddy notices everything about you. You’ve been a little on edge. Tired.”
“I found out a week ago.”
“A week? And you didn’t tell me?”
“I was nervous.”
“About telling me?” I felt a little let down. I wanted her to know that no matter what, there wouldn’t be a damn thing she could tell me that would ever make me change my mind about her.
“About… everything.” She sighed. My eyes locked with hers, and I took a deep breath then slowly exhaled.
“There is nothing you ever have to be nervous about when it comes to you and me, Rox. I promise, honey bun. I’m all yours.”
“Dave, how can you say that? This is huge!”
“It is. You’re absolutely right. But it’s huge in a really good way.” I smiled, and she did her best to glare at me. “I’m serious. I love you.”
“What about…” She licked her lips. “Graduation and you going off to play god only knows where, and what? I’m just going to wait around for you and be a stay-at-home mom?”
“Nothing wrong with being a stay-at-home mom.”
“No, there isn’t. It’s just not what I thought I’d be doing! I thought once I finally graduated, I could go to cosmetology school.”
“Cosmetology school?” This was new. Huh, I loved learning new things about my baby mama.
“Yes! I want to open salons. Spas, really, but you get what I mean.”
“You want to open… done!” I said and smiled. “We can do whatever we want.”
“How, Dave? We’re having a baby, and you’re going to be playing god only knows where. I don’t even know where I’ll be living!”
“We’re getting married,” I reminded her, and she blinked. “I’ll probably play back east. What do you think about New York?”
“New— Are you serious?” I nodded. “Yeah. I think I could live in New York.”
“Not just in New York. In New York with me. Your husband. The father of your unborn child.” Thankfully, she found the ire in my tone funny, and it earned me a giggle.
“I can live in New York with you.”
“Good, because I could live practically anywhere with you.” I pressed my lips to her temple. “I’ll be home as much as I can that first season. Honestly? I probably won’t play all that much. But we can also have some help.”
“Like a nanny?”
“Yeah.” I nodded. “Someone to be there while you finish whatever other school you need to do, and when it’s time, we will look at places for your salon empire.”
“I don’t want an empire.”
“Whatever you want, it’ll happen. I promise. We just have to work together.”
“Together,” she whispered. “I liked that.”
“Good. Now that that’s settled… what do you think she’s going to look like?”
